That Aint Country
Step Down Tuning
G Em7 Cadd9 D x2
G
What a sad state of affairs I'm in
Em7
'Cause I'm tryin' to compete where I just don't fit in
Cadd9
The country if you'd call it that from off the row
D
It ain't country, trust me 'cause I'm old enough to know that
Cadd9 G
That ain't country
Cadd9 G
That's a natural fact
Cadd9 G
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
D
My life ain't like that
Cadd9 G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
Cadd9 G
That my granddad used to play
Cadd9 G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
Cadd9
The songs that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G Em7 Cadd9 D
G
So tell me, whatever happened to the country songs
Em7
Full of truth and consequences or the things gone wrong?
Cadd9
Someone came and changed it up, made it all a lie
D
I'd like to spit a little beechnut right in that dude's eye, cause
Cadd9 G
That ain't country
Cadd9 G
That's a natural fact
Cadd9 G
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
D
My life ain't like that
Cadd9 G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
Cadd9 G
That my granddad used to play
Cadd9 G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
Cadd9
The songs that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G Em7 Cadd9 D
G (Strum once, let ring)
We got Waylon singin' songs 'bout a ramblin' man
Em7 (Strum once, let ring)
And Junior's got a cold one in his hand
Cadd9 (Strum once, let ring)
And the Possum's gettin' drunk again, imagine that
D
With Charlie Daniels playin' fiddle underneath that hat
G
John and June are goin' back and forth again
Em7
And David Allen Coe is singin' 'bout his kin
Cadd9
Haggard sings the songs that'll save your soul
D
Willie's songs are all about the hearts he's stole, 'cause
Cadd9 G
That s**t's country
Cadd9 G
That's a natural fact
Cadd9 G
It's full of tales of hard times and complications
D
Ain't life like that?
Cadd9 G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
Cadd9 G
That my granddad used to play
Cadd9 G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
Cadd9
The songs that speak to me
D Em7
The way I feel today
Cadd9
The songs that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G Em7 Cadd9 D x2
End on G
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